Do as I Do, Not as i say: Assessing outcomes when students think like economists

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 148-161

  Santos, Joseph ^a   Lavin, Angeline M ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep learning; Money and banking; Think like economists; Writing across the curriculum

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442605544     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JECE.35.2.148-161     Document Type: Article

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